Irish Universities Association

The Irish Research Council (IRC) has welcomed the announcement that eight researchers based in Ireland have secured European Research Council (ERC) “(...)

The Government is considering a reduction in the €3,000 student contribution charge as part of a new funding package for the third level sector due to(...)

Ireland will have seen five new universities established between the start of 2019 and the end of 2022. But in a relatively small country that already(...)

Irish businesses are very fortunate to be in a position to tap into a vibrant publicly-funded innovation ecosystem. Companies that lack the scale to e(...)

Universities say timelines for the release of Leaving Cert results are “no longer fit for purpose” and want students to be issued their grades at the (...)

Higher education staff from ethnic minorities are much more likely to earn significantly less and be on precarious contracts compared to others, new r(...)

Universities say they are under severe financial strain with losses in commercial income set to climb to €270 million due to the pandemic. The sector(...)

In a jobs market where the focus seems to increasingly be on college qualifications, it is no surprise that the number of young people undertaking thi(...)

Third-level colleges will not require students and staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to access their campuses when they reopen in Septe(...)

Third-level colleges have said they are committed to “maximising” the on-campus experience for students and are now advanced in planning a return to c(...)